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food swamp

English

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Etymology

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Coined in a research paper published in 2009.[1]

Noun

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food swamp (plural food swamps)

  1. An urban environment with few grocery stores but several nonnutritious food options such as corner stores or fast-food restaurants. [from 2009]

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References

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  1. ^ Donald Rose, J. Nicholas Bodor, Chris M. Swalm, Janet C. Rice, Thomas A. Farley, Paul L. Hutchinson (2009 February) “Deserts in New Orleans?: Illustrations of Urban Food Access and Implications for Policy”, in University of Michigan National Poverty Center/USDA Economic Research Service Research "Understanding the Economic Concepts and Characteristics of Food Access"‎[1], archived from the original on 2024-07-212: “Given the current problems of over-nutrition, the paper concludes by suggesting a more useful geographic metaphor would be “food swamps,” areas in which large relative amounts of energy-dense snack foods, inundate healthy food options.”

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